[Koha] Install for Dummies

[Bruce A Metcalf]

Eric Bégin wrote:

> What is the first line in the Perl @INC: section in your staff About 
> Koha's page ?

/usr/share/koha/lib


> This is most likely the value you should use to set PERL5LIB.

Since that's what I've been trying, it would seem the problem lies elsewhere.

Thanks,
/ Bruce /
Bruce A. Metcalf
Library Director
Augustan Society Library


> On 12-01-21 08:13 PM, Bruce A Metcalf wrote:
>> Eric Bégin wrote:
>>
>>>> I set:
>>>>
>>>> KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
>>> This looks ok to me.
>>>
>>>> PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
>>> If you did the default installation, the PERL5LIB should then be 
>>> /usr/share/koha
>>
>> Tried this. Got the same failure message. Must be something else I did 
>> wrong or failed to do.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> / Bruce /
>> Bruce A. Metcalf
>> Library Director
>> Augustan Society Library
>>
>>
>>> On 12-01-21 10:16 AM, Bruce A Metcalf wrote:
>>>> Chris Nighswonger wrote:
>>>>> Have a read at these FAQ's:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://koha-community.org/documentation/faq/searching/
>>>>> Pay careful attention to the solution for question #4. It appears 
>>>>> you've not exported the proper env vars.
>>>>
>>>> It sounds like you're recommending:
>>>>
>>>>> 1. Check that you are exporting the two environmental variables
>>>>> necessary to run Koha scripts from the command line. These are (modify
>>>>> to fit paths on your system):
>>>>>
>>>>> PERL5LIB=/path/to/koha
>>>>> KOHA_CONF=/path/to/koha-conf.xml
>>>>
>>>> Which sounds not unreasonable. I set:
>>>>
>>>> KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
>>>>
>>>> Which seems reasonable. I then set:
>>>>
>>>> PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
>>>>
>>>> I chose this because the failure message for rebuild_zebra.pl claims 
>>>> it can't locate C4/Context.pm in @INC, which includes /etc/perl, and 
>>>> where that file can be found.
>>>>
>>>> It would appear that these choices were incorrect, or that I've made 
>>>> some other important error, as these two changes make no change in 
>>>> the failure message when I run rebuild_zebra.pl.
>>>>
>>>> I *did* warn y'all I was a newbie....
>>>>
>>>> With thanks,
>>>> / Bruce /
>>>> Bruce A. Metcalf
>>>> Library Director
>>>> The Augustan Society Library
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Bruce Metcalf 
>>>>> <bruce.metcalf at figzu.com <mailto:bruce.metcalf at figzu.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Eric Bégin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>             All three commands fail with a variety of messages, but 
>>>>> all
>>>>>             include "file not found".
>>>>>
>>>>>         Indeed, that doesn't look good.
>>>>>
>>>>>         Can you provide the full output of the rebuild_zebra -b -r -v
>>>>>
>>>>>     bruce at library:/usr/share/__koha4/bin/migration_tools$
>>>>>     rebuild_zebra.pl <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> -b -r -v
>>>>>     Can't locate Koha.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl
>>>>>     /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 
>>>>> /usr/lib/perl5
>>>>>     /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10
>>>>>     /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at ./rebuild_zebra.pl
>>>>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> line 5.
>>>>>     BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./rebuild_zebra.pl
>>>>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> line 5.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Hope that helps,
>>>>>     Bruce
>>>>>
>>>>>         On 2012-01-19 09 <tel:2012-01-19%2009>:41, Bruce Metcalf 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>             Bruce Metcalf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                     I am a new user of Koha, and have had my Linux 
>>>>> guru
>>>>>                     (who had not
>>>>>                     seen Koha prior to this work) install version 
>>>>> 3.6.2
>>>>>                     under Debian
>>>>>                     Squeeze on an otherwise empty virtual server.
>>>>>
>>>>>                     All appears to be going exactly as it should.
>>>>>
>>>>>                     owever, the public OPAC shows no books in the
>>>>>                     collection.
>>>>>
>>>>>             Eric Bégin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Get a look at this link. It shows the most common
>>>>>                 problems when you
>>>>>                  get not result in the OPAC.
>>>>>
>>>>>                 
>>>>> http://koha-community.org/__documentation/faq/searching/
>>>>> <http://koha-community.org/documentation/faq/searching/>
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Don't hesitate to come back and ask for more info if
>>>>>                 this link doesn't solve your problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>             This page seems to suggest:
>>>>>
>>>>>             zebraidx -x /.../zebra-biblios.cfg drop biblios 
>>>>> zebraidx -c
>>>>>             /.../zebra-biblios.cfg commit rebuild_zebra.pl
>>>>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> -b -r -v
>>>>>
>>>>>             All three commands fail with a variety of messages, but 
>>>>> all
>>>>>             include
>>>>>             "file not found".
>>>>>
>>>>>             I'm thinking that there is an important configuration or
>>>>>             initialization that hasn't been completed?
>>>>>
>>>>>             Regards, / Bruce / Bruce A. Metcalf Executive Director The
>>>>>             Augustan Society Library
>>
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